1954 • War

In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied fo…

Why matched: genres War

1954 • Drama • Adventure • War

An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior,…

Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure

1952 • Drama • Adventure • War

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid…

Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure

1953 • Comedy

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Why matched: genres Comedy

1955 • Drama • Thriller • History

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller

1963 • Crime • Comedy

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the cr…

Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy

1952 • Drama • War

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunat…

Why matched: genres Drama, War

1954 • Thriller • Crime

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime

1958 • Drama • History • Action

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's se…

Why matched: genres Drama, History